Nikon XTS 5000 User Manual

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ASTRO XTS 5000 Model II
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Glossary
This glossary is a list of specialized terms used in this manual.
ACK
Acknowledgment of communication.
Active Channel
A channel that has traffic on it.
Analog Signal
An RF signal that has a continuous nature 
rather than a pulsed or discrete nature. 
ARS
Automatic Registration Service.
ASTRO 25 Trunking
Motorola standard for wireless digital 
trunked communications.
ASTRO 
Conventional
Motorola standard for wireless analog or 
digital conventional communications.
Autoscan
A feature that allows the radio to 
automatically scan the members of a scan 
list.
Call Alert
Privately page an individual by sending an 
audible tone. 
Carrier Squelch
Feature that responds to the presence of an 
RF carrier by opening or unmuting (turning 
on) a receiver’s audio circuit. A squelch 
circuit silences the radio when no signal is 
being received so that the user does not 
have to listen to “noise.” 
Central Controller 
A software-controlled, computer-driven 
device that receives and generates data for 
the trunked radios assigned to it. It monitors 
and directs the operations of the trunked 
repeaters.
Channel
A group of characteristics such as transmit/
receive frequency pairs, radio parameters, 
and encryption encoding.
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